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I started filling it out but you have to put in an address and while I could make up one, I fear they'd throw it out. And I don't want to use my real one because I'd die of embarrassment getting propaganda in the mail.

Yesterday I attended the first meet-up of Pantsuit Nation of Central Florida. After the success of the original PSN on FB, (which is now up to what, 4 million members?) there was a Florida PSN page and then 2 Central Florida/Orlando groups were made and then merged a couple days later. This all happened very fast (with in 10 days) and I signed on to be a leader for the national group and the local group...because I'm crazy.
It was wonderful to be around like minded people yesterday. Our first order of business was counseling. We had a professional talk to us about coping and then she took questions and concerns. There were tears and hugs and lots of love in that room. I should mention almost 100 people showed up! Then the next hour we got down to business and complied ideas from everyone on what they would like to see our group become and where we should focus the most. I was in charge of documenting all the ideas at the meeting and then today I got to work and condensed them into a better outline for us.
And tomorrow night I have a conference call with national PSN group.

I just feel we'd be a fool to let this momentum slip away from us, so I'm doing all I can and THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

I highly recommend getting involved with your local group. Chapters of PSN have popped up all over the country and they welcome all. (We had several straight white males!) It's a work in progress right now as we are awaiting direction from the national level, but everyone local is motivated making plans already.

I've also started making those donations to PP and The Clinton Foundation in honor of my husbands family members who are Trumpers. FYI, I put their name in the "honor" section, but had it mailed to myself, so I receive the letter and can put the letter in their Xmas card and give to them in person.

For the millions of you that will lose your insurance if Obamacare is repealed please call Paul Ryan. It literally IS life and death for so many people. Paul Ryan is conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear overwhelming popular opposition to it. If you would like to express your support for the Affordable Care Act, even with additional reforms, call (202) 225-3031 or (202) 225-0600. Both numbers connect variously to a voicemail or survey. Keep trying until you get the option you prefer. For the survey option, press 2 to weigh in on the issue. You'll hear a brief recording about HR-3762, Paul Ryan's proposal to gut the ACA, and President Obama's use of his veto power to stop it and provide health care for millions. Then, you will have a chance to indicate your opinion with the press of a button. Press 1 if you support Obamacare, 2 if you oppose it and prefer starting from scratch or using Ryan's alternative (please check the serious criticisms of it if you are unsure). Stay on if you get dead air. It could take up to a minute to connect to the survey. Copy and paste this, don't click share.

I took the survey as well - they took it down briefly, but I've heard from multiple people it is BACK UP AGAIN so if you want to participate, do! It's easy and you don't have to speak with human beings.

My history professor at Berkeley and my ex, the most intelligent person I know and a Stanford law student, both tell me Jeff Sessions is far more damaging an appointment than Steve Bannon. So I'm going to call my representatives today to register alarm with Jeff Sessions and ask them to denounce him as an enemy of civil rights and voting rights. How are we going to have another election if they keep closing down polling stations?

I've cancelled a couple of my monthly subscriptions for things like Hulu and Apple Music and instead set up recurring monthly donations to ACLU and Planned Parenthood. Also, everyone in my family who's on my Christmas list is getting a donation made in their name to the Trevor Project. They keep assuring me that they love me and that they don't vote for assholes because of their stances on LGBT issues, so I'll take their word for it and benefit some gay kids.

Maybe we can share our streaming subscription credentials for people like you, Ryan. I'm using my friend's Hulu, so I can't share that, also, I'm already sharing my HBO Go login with a few people and I'm not sure how many logins it will accept, but I can share that with you and see. I CAN share my Netflix with you if you need that.
I know it's not on the same level, and I have a few ideas for additional things to do thanks to this thread, but I'm volunteering to be an abortion clinic escort. They finally replied to my email and I'll be going in to meet with them.
I'm gonna start some monthly donations too.
Anyway we can edit the original post and keep it updated with all the links and ideas so we don't have to scroll through all the pages?

Maybe we can share our streaming subscription credentials for people like you, Ryan. I'm using my friend's Hulu, so I can't share that, also, I'm already sharing my HBO Go login with a few people and I'm not sure how many logins it will accept, but I can share that with you and see. I CAN share my Netflix with you if you need that.
I know it's not on the same level, and I have a few ideas for additional things to do thanks to this thread, but I'm volunteering to be an abortion clinic escort. They finally replied to my email and I'll be going in to meet with them.
I'm gonna start some monthly donations too.
Anyway we can edit the original post and keep it updated with all the links and ideas so we don't have to scroll through all the pages?

As much as I applaud this sentiment, I think it's important to pay for content (i.e. Hulu, Netflix). They're pretty liberal companies and produce culturally relevant shows. HBO, IMO, has been one o the best news sources with John Oliver.

I think now more than ever it's important to pay for content to combat fake news. I'm probably going to give subscriptions to NYTimes and Washington Post to family members.

"You could be bouncing off the top of my cock...I've put on a condom" - said to me by one of my exes

This seems like the most important thing to me, though I'm not sure what to do yet. I don't think I have any conservative friends or family members that I see IRL. I fact checked people all over the spectrum during the election, but it's the conservative people I know that just don't care, i.e., "Global warming is just an opinion." I don't see how we can have honest, constructive discussions if we don't agree on some basic facts.

I received a call from the Reno mayor’s office this morning thanking me for leaving a message yesterday. According to Mayor Schieve’s representative, they’ve received “a ton” of calls requesting Reno be made a Sanctuary City and though nothing is set in stone yet and the representative can’t make any promises, the mayor has heard the people loud and clear and will make her decisions accordingly.

While I still haven't settled on where I want to focus, one thing I'm really going out of my way to do is be nice to people. Strangers, that is (fuck my family). Like making sure I say please and thank you to the people waiting on me, ringing me up, serving me in some way. I'm never rude at other times, but I'm making an extra effort to be at least one customer they don't want to punch in the face. If you've ever had one of those shitty jobs, you know you're trapped. If someone is giving you some political rant, even if you agree with them, you're stuck there with a forced smile and vacant eyes until their credit card clears. I want to give them at least a minute of just basic human decency.

It seems stupid typing it out, like it's the white girliest white girl thing I could do, but I know when I ran register those people helped me keep my cool between the assholes who know you can't say shit to them. The "Smile!" people. The stare-at-my-boobs people. "They're all a bunch of crooks!" people. My heart goes out to anyone who has to deal with the general public right now, especially at a place that doesn't care about your dignity.

This may sound a bit like a humblebrag but rest assured we only get to do this a few times a year for work - I just ran a know-your-rights workshop for over 100 incarcerated women, including informing them about their voting rights. So many of them had no idea that they would ever be able to vote again - and a lot are getting out in the next year on probation and will be able to vote in 2018. These kinds of non-profit endeavors are only able to exist because of donors and community enthusiasm for the project.

That is wonderful.

During college I worked as a hotel housekeeper for a few weeks, and all of my colleagues were incarcerated women on the day/work release program. Those women made a real impression on me. Imagine a world where incarceration is really about rehabilitation, second chances, training, mental health care....

As much as I applaud this sentiment, I think it's important to pay for content (i.e. Hulu, Netflix). They're pretty liberal companies and produce culturally relevant shows. HBO, IMO, has been one o the best news sources with John Oliver.

I think now more than ever it's important to pay for content to combat fake news. I'm probably going to give subscriptions to NYTimes and Washington Post to family members.

I'm focusing my charitable contributions on environmental AND ANIMAL WELFARE related issues (who speaks for the earth, and all of its creatures, against all these rich white men who couldn't be clearer that they do not give a fuck?)

I've called the Department of Justice demanding an audit; emailed the Electoral College (thanks, Barb!), urging them to vote for Hilary/popular vote; and emailed Sen. Graham to say I support his investigation into Russian ties to Trump's campaign. And signed a few more petitions. Now that I've worked my way up to calling, I'm finding a lot of mailboxes are full! But jesus, each day the news gets worse.